![]() ![]() ![]() In 1990, when Solitaire first came out on Microsoft Windows 3.0 computers, few people were adept at navigating the system using a mouse. I am that old.It might seem as though Microsoft put games like Solitaire and Minesweeper on their computers simply to entertain users, but there was actually a far sneakier reason. Sometimes, the middle mouse click existed, as a button, but for those that didn’t have it, the “double click” was the option. (fun fact: back in the day, most of the mice had only two clicks.In case it’s obvious that one of those surrounding tiles is without a mine, it will be revealed (good to use when you think you may be missing something). You click a revealed number with it, and then all adjacent tiles will look like they are being pressed. The middle mouse click is used for “testing” the minefield.The question mark, which you get after using the right click again, is used to mark a “potential” mine. The right mouse click is used to mark the tile with a red flag, which prevents you from accidentally clicking on it.Zero leads to an empty space which will reveal a lot of the field for you most of the time. A number reveals how many mines are located in the eight tiles that surround it. Under the tile, you will either find a number, empty space, or a mine. The left mouse click is used to reveal the tile.The point of Minesweeper is to locate all of the Mines on the board, without clicking on any of them.
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